CU Buffs' Embree talks to media, fans

Weekly press conference opened to Buffs supporters for first time

For the first time, fans and media mixed together in peppering Colorado head coach Jon Embree with questions on Tuesday.

This season, the Buffs are changing up the usual weekly press conference schedule to include fans. The first of those sessions was held Tuesday at the Millennium Harvest House, with the usual flock of media along with a few dozen fans.

"It's not bad, so far," Embree joked midway through the session.

In the past, the press conference has been held at the Dal Ward Center. While several of the weekly conferences will continue to be at Dal Ward, there will be four more at the Millennium Harvest House and two at the UMC in the Glenn Miller Ballroom.

"It's really an idea that was born through (CU sports information director) Dave Plati," Buffs athletic director Mike Bohn said. "There's so many wonderful things revealed in a format of the press conference, tough questions for our coaches, other input that maybe the Buff Club members don't have an opportunity to hear normally.

"We feel like it's a huge commitment to our transparency and an opportunity to really feature all the insides and outs of the program from our coaches and our players. We want to continue to allow our coach and our players to be themselves, but also to understand the wonderful role that they play in being the face of our program.

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"We'll keep adding some new aspects of it, but we encourage people to come and give it a try and see how the interaction between the coach and the players and the media works and you might learn something about our players and our coach."

Embree talked about a variety of topics, including his disappointment in the Buffs' performance during a 22-17 loss to Colorado State on Saturday.

Embree said the Buffs remain committed to the no-huddle offense, and remain committed to junior quarterback Jordan Webb, who had an up-and-down game against CSU.

In addition, Embree praised several players, including the freshmen who got into the action Saturday.

Facing Sacramento State on Saturday at Folsom Field, Embree said he hopes to see a better performance out of the Buffs.

"Defensively, better tackling; I'd like to see a few more turnovers," he said. "Offensively, we have to run the football, period. We need to be better running the football. That's what I'm looking for from an offensive standpoint, and better with our protection."

From fans, Embree was asked about several aspects of the game, in addition to being asked about the well-being of his sons and family.

Defensive end Chidera Uzo-Diribe also attended the press conference, and he wound up with the quote of the day. A fan asked Uzo-Diribe if he is a skier or a snowboarder.

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